Day: February 24, 2017

The defense Ministry surprised by the attacks of German politicians because of the layout of the Reichstag MOSCOW, 24 Feb — RIA Novosti. The attacks of some German politicians because of the layout of the Reichstag in the Park “Patriot” cause perplexity, said the official representative of Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov. Previously, a number of German Bundestag called the creation of the layout of the Reichstag in the Park “Patriot” provocation and demanded that the German leadership to Express discontent with Russia. “The erection by red army soldiers in may 1945 the red banner on the building of the Nazi Reichstag is one of the most recognizable worldwide symbol of victory over German Nazism and the Second world war”, — said Konashenkov. Apparently, in Germany, someone forgot that the Reichstag by the Nazis after the fire of 27 February 1933, Hitler and his builders of the Third

The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov Photo: © assembly.spb.ru The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov said that the allegations that the transfer of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Russian Orthodox Church were not agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin are not true. The speaker said that the Council need to pass as soon as possible, according to Life.ru. “If the proposal causes tension in society, this problem must withdraw as soon as possible. To relieve the tension, it is necessary to remove the cause, and for this we need as soon as possible to pass the Cathedral,” – said Makarov. Last week it was reported that the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko did not coordinate their decision to transfer to St. Isaac’s Cathedral Russian Orthodox Church with the Russian President. Formerly the St. Petersburg deputies asked the Minister of culture

Photo: RIA Novosti The Kremlin does not agree with the findings of a new report of Amnesty International on the situation of human rights in Russia. “This is not the first (the report), it is regularly produced documents. In many ways we usually do not agree, – said the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. In this case I do not agree with such conclusions, which are made at this time.” In the published annual report analysing the human rights situation in 159 countries around the world Amnesty International said that “Russia’s continued harassment of NGOs, and the most critical was persecuted with the use of smear campaigns in the media and the law “On foreign agents”. According to the report, dozens of independent NGOs receiving foreign funding were included in the register of “foreign agents”.

Al-Bab, Syria, February 24 © Thiqa News Agency, via AP MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. The militants of banned terrorist group ISIS fear the onset of peace in Syria, as they fear that will no longer receive foreign support. This opinion was expressed by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, commenting on the terrorist attack in the Syrian city of al-Bab. “Criminals fear the onset of peace in Syria, knowing that the owners in the West will throw them like al-Qaida, and with the mob boss al-Baghdadi would deal with bin Laden. Therefore, playing up the owners and destroy the people of Syria, hoping to extend its life. The end will come to them unexpectedly”, – he wrote on his page in Instagram. The head of the Chechen Republic expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the explosion. Earlier, a suicide bomber exploded in a car in the suburb